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2007 Weber State vs. Portland State football game

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Weber State University vs. Portland State University
1234 Total
Weber State 3352114 73
Portland State 7202120 68
DateOctober 27, 2007
Season2007
StadiumPGE Park
LocationPortland, Oregon
Attendance8,924[1]

The 2007 Weber State-Portland State football game was a college football game held on October 27 at PGE Park, now known as Providence Park, in Portland, Oregon. It pitted the Portland State Vikings against the Weber State Wildcats. The Wildcats defeated the Vikings 73–68. The two teams combined for 141 points, setting a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) all-division record for most points scored in a game.[2]

This record lasted only two weeks, as on November 10, Hartwick defeated Utica 72–70 in a four-overtime Division III game.[3] In the second round of the NCAA Division II playoffs on November 24, Chadron State defeated Abilene Christian 76–73 in three overtimes after coming back from a 49–20 fourth-quarter deficit to tie the game at 56 at the end of regulation.[4] The following year, in the same round of the Division II playoffs, that record was smashed when Abilene Christian defeated West Texas A&M 93–68 on November 22, 2008.[5] The Weber State-Portland State game held the record for most points scored in a Division I college football game, until November 24, 2018, when Texas A&M defeated LSU by a score of 74–72 in a seven-overtime game.

Game summary

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Weber State Wildcats at Portland State Vikings
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Wildcats 3 35 211473
Vikings 7 20 212068

at PGE Park, Portland, Oregon

  • Date: October 27, 2007
  • Game time: 4:35 p.m. PDT
  • Game attendance: 8,924

Weber State scored 35 points in the second quarter to take a 38–27 lead at halftime. By then, the Wildcats already had 443 yards in total offense – 10 yards more than its previous season high for an entire game.[6] Portland State made up for its shaky defense with a high-powered offense that started the second half with a pair of touchdown passes from Drew Hubel, first to David Lewis and then to Tremayne Kirkland, which put the Vikings in front 41–38.[6] Portland State had its last lead of the game when Hubel hit Lewis with an 8-yard touchdown pass at 8:15 of the third quarter to make it 48–45. The Wildcats took the lead for good on their next possession, which chewed up nearly six minutes and culminated with Cameron Higgins 4-yard touchdown pass to Akamu Aki to make the score 52–48.[6] Weber State followed that with Bryant Eteuati's 77-yard punt return for a touchdown and Higgins' 4-yard scoring run, which pushed the Wildcats' advantage to 66–48 early in the fourth quarter. The teams traded touchdowns after that, leaving Weber State in front 73–55 with 4:22 left. Hubel, who was making his first college start, threw his ninth touchdown pass and Andy Shantz returned a fumble 84 yards for a touchdown with 31 seconds left. Hubel's nine touchdown passes set a school and Big Sky Conference record,[6] and also equaled the then-current Division I FCS record for single-game TD passes set in 1984 by Willie Totten of Mississippi Valley State.[a] The Vikings failed to recover the onside kick and Weber State managed to run out the clock.

Portland State QB Drew Hubel's incredible individual performance – 35 completions in 56 attempts for 485 yards, 9 touchdowns and no interceptions – gave the true freshman one of College Sporting News' "Player of the Week" awards in the Football Championship Subdivision for the week of October 29, 2007.[8]

Statistics

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Stats from ESPN:[9][10]

Team statistics

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Team statistical comparison
Statistic WEB PSU
First downs 34 23
Third down efficiency 0 of 0 0 of 0
Fourth down efficiency 0 of 0 0 of 0
Rushes–yards 57–353 10–17
Yards per rush 6.2 1.7
Passing yards 334 485
Yards per pass 6.2 1.7
Interceptions thrown 2 0
Fumbles–lost 1–1 1–0
Total offense 687 502
Penalties–yards 10–95 7–64
Turnovers 3 0
Time of possession 38:17 21:43

Individual statistics

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Weber State statistics
Wildcats passing
C–A Yds TD INT
Cameron Higgins 22–36 334 4 2
Wildcats rushing
Car Yds TD Avg
Trevyn Smith 38 225 1 5.9
Cameron Higgins 9 106 3 11.8
Eric Lee 3 9 0 3.0
Marcus Mailei 5 8 1 1.6
Bryant Eteuati 1 5 0 5.0
Wildcats receiving
Rec Yds TD Avg
Tim Toone 8 135 0 16.9
Mike Phillips 8 131 2 16.4
Bryant Eteuati 2 28 1 14.0
Akamu Aki 2 24 1 12.0
Marcus Mailei 1 8 0 8.0
Cody Nakamura 1 8 0 8.0
Portland State statistics
Vikings passing
C–A Yds TD INT
Drew Hubel 33–56 485 9 0
Vikings rushing
Car Yds TD Avg
Olaniyi Sobomehin 8 18 0 2.3
Drew Hubel 2 -1 0 -0.5
Vikings receiving
Rec Yds TD Avg
Tremayne Kirkland 13 177 4 13.6
David Lewis 8 114 4 14.3
Olaniyi Sobomehin 6 91 0 15.2
Kenneth Mackins 6 83 1 13.8
Matt Smith 2 20 0 10.0

Footnotes

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  1. ^ This record eventually fell in 2021 when Ren Hefley of Presbyterian threw for 10 TDs against NAIA member St. Andrews.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Weber State Wildcats/Portland State Vikings Box Scores". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  2. ^ Associated Press. (October 27, 2007). "73–68! Weber State outlasts Portland State". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  3. ^ "Navy, N. Texas score most combined points in regulation FBS game". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 10, 2007. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  4. ^ "Chadron St. rallies from 29 down in 4th quarter to win in 3 OTs". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 24, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  5. ^ "Abilene Christian scores record 93 points in win". ESPN.com. Associated Press. November 22, 2008. Retrieved March 7, 2009.
  6. ^ a b c d "Weber State outlasts Portland State 73–68 in record scoring setting". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press. October 27, 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
  7. ^ "Presbyterian Blue Hose QB Ren Hefley sets FCS TD pass record in season-opener". ESPN.com. Associated Press. September 4, 2021. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  8. ^ College Sporting News (October 29, 2007). "National Player of the Week Honors Announced Week of 29 October 2007". College Sporting News. Archived from the original on November 1, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2008.
  9. ^ "Weber State 73-68 Portland State (Oct 27, 2007) Game Stats". ESPN. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
  10. ^ "Weber State 73-68 Portland State (Oct 27, 2007) Box Score". ESPN. Retrieved September 15, 2023.